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Custom Connector - Unreliable authentication
Hello, I have a custom connector for Power BI that connects to a REST API to pull data. The authentication path is OAuth, so when setting up the connecter you must enter the base URL for the dat...
The API Token generated from the data source is 'good' for one hour, so I don't think this is an issue of an expiring token.not so sure about that. Could be the culprit.
lbendlin I know that the API token doesn't expire for an hour, and anytime the connector is 'refreshed' in Power BI a new token is generated.
Is there a way to get error logs out of Power BI desktop for something like this so I can see the exact error message returned by the data source?
You should be able to see the issue when running network traces on that machine. Wireshark or the F12 tools etc.